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Earthworm   Listen
noun
Earthworm  n.  
1.
(Zoöl.) Any worm of the genus Lumbricus and allied genera, found in damp soil. One of the largest and most abundant species in Europe and America is L. terrestris; many others are known; called also angleworm and dewworm.
2.
A mean, sordid person; a niggard.





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"Earthworm" Quotes from Famous Books



... he began to work himself along the beach, somewhat after the fashion of an earthworm. But the men paid no attention to him. There was little discipline among them, and they had no respect for the horse-dealer as a commander, so they remained on the sands, eagerly talking among themselves. Some of them were frightened, and favored a rush for the boats. ...
— The Adventures of Captain Horn • Frank Richard Stockton


Words linked to "Earthworm" :   fishing worm, crawler, nightcrawler, oligochaete, angleworm, dew worm, fishworm, nightwalker, class Oligochaeta, wiggler, oligochaete worm, red worm, Oligochaeta


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